COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Provides protection and prevents the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees, by anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing
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Officially: “AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Provides protection and prevents the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees, by anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of...” Read the full text
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2025 sessionbill
Where it is
Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs · Jan 23, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration · Apr 18, 2025
Meeting postponed (04/23/2025) · Apr 21, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025) · Apr 25, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · Apr 30, 2025
Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025) · Jun 10, 2025
Proposed Substitute · Jun 11, 2025
Committee recommends passage of Sub A · Jun 12, 2025
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) · Jun 13, 2025
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) · Jun 17, 2025
Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) · Jun 20, 2025
House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence · Jun 20, 2025
Transmitted to Governor · Jun 23, 2025
Signed by Governor · Jun 30, 2025
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Passage as AmendedSenate · 2025-06-17 · YEAS 37, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 1, RECUSED 0
Approval of AmendmentSenate · 2025-06-17 · YEAS 36, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 2, RECUSED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Rhode Island legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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